Significant market penetration is being achieved by the solar/wind sectors, even in the US. Expect to see this penetration of the electric generation markets by solar/wind renewables to grow deeper and wider until within a few decades these become the dominant suppliers to an evolved grid with distributed storage capacity built into it.
Chris Renewable energy records set in California and Texas <http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/renewable-energy-records-se t-in-california-and-texas_100015571/?utm_content=buffer11a9a&utm_medium=soci al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#ixzz369kysSef> Solar power in California sets new one-day record of 4.76 GW in June as Texas joins the ranks of the renewables big league, powered largely by wind. Figures from the California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) revealed this week show that the Golden State broke its own one-day record <http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/california-sets-solar-power -generation-record_100014483/#axzz366VBYkkd> for solar PV generation on June 1 when 4767 MW of utility scale solar energy was fed into the grid. The record smashed California's previous one-day best of 4100 MW in March, which also stood as the highest one-day figure for the whole of the U.S. California's solar footprint is growing bigger with each passing day, week and month, with May recording three times as much solar generation as recorded during the same month in 2013. In total, solar PV powered 6% of Cal ISO's total electric load in May, rising to 14% during peak hours, according to data gathered by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In 2013, California added 2145 MW of utility scale solar. In Texas, wind power accounted for 30% of the state's electric load on March 26, generating 10.2 GW of electricity according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Regulators in Texas expect that record to be outstripped again shortly as the state's wind capacity rises above 12 GW. Last year was a record 12 months for renewable energy generation in the U.S. The solar sector grew by 41% in 2013, with California responsible for more than half of new PV capacity. For the remainder of 2014, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects California to add an additional 1728 MW of utility scale solar before the year is out. Read more: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/renewable-energy-records-set -in-california-and-texas_100015571/#ixzz36YVWiE1I -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
